The ASTRO Expert Theater sessions will highlight new technologies, digital health innovation and informatics, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and more. This space will be used by attendees and industry representatives for interactive idea sharing, networking, imaginative business solutions and brainstorming sessions that will transform the industry.
Sunday, October 23 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Moderator:
Robert Miller, MD, MBA, FRSA, FRSM, FASTRO, Mayo Clinic
| Topic |
Speaker(s) |
| Caring for Cancer Patients Under the Falling Bombs |
Andriy Beznosenko, MD, National Cancer Institute |
| Radiotherapy in Ukraine During War |
Ruslan Zelinskyi, MS, President of Ukrainian Association of Medical Physicist |
| SAFER Ukraine Program on Evacuating Pediatric Patients |
Asya Agunlnik, MD, St. Jude |
| Support Efforts of Ukrainians in U.S. |
Roman Kowlachuk, MD, Mayo Clinic |
| Call for Action and Practical Ways to Help Ukraine |
Nataliya Kovalchuk, PhD, Stanford University |
Monday, October 24 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Moderator:
Jun Deng, PhD, FASTRO, Yale University
| Topic |
Speaker(s) |
| Digital Twins for Predictive Radiation Oncology |
Evangelia Katsoulakis, MD, James A. Haley |
| Multimodal Data Curation for Digital Twins |
Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood, PhD, IBM |
| Multiscale Modeling for Digital Twins |
Qi Wang, PhD, University of South Carolina |
| Digital Twins for Radiation Oncology: Clinical Applications |
Jun Deng, PhD, FASTRO, Yale University |
Monday, October 24 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Moderator:
Julian Hong, MD, MS, University of California
| Topic |
Speaker(s) |
| AI Gone Wrong: How Do We Maximize Chances for Success and Fairness When Designing AI for the Clinic? |
Julian Hong, MD, MS, University of California |
| When Can Big Databases Help Us Make Treatement Recommendations? |
James Murphy, MD, MS, University of California |
| Evaluation of AI-based Radiotherapy Planning: Dosimetry Quality and Clinical Acceptance |
Q. Jackie Wu, PhD, Duke University |
| Critical Appraisal of Biomarker Studies and the Path to Clinical Impact |
Daniel Spratt, MD, Case Western Reserve University |
Tuesday, October 25 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Moderator:
John Kang, PhD, University of Washington
| Topic |
Speaker(s) |
| NLP for Cohort Discovery and Registry Creation |
Danielle Bitterman, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| NLP for Semantic Understanding of Medical Concepts |
Dongyang Zhang, MD, PhD, Elekta |
| NLP for Toxicity Prediction |
Julian Hong, MD, MS, University of California |